The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional an
National Museum of African Art, 2019
The museum's original location on Capitol Hill
A specialist prepares an exhibit in 1987.
Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
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The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, ar
National Museum of African Art
…The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa…
The National Mall with the Lincoln Memorial and its reflecting pool, the Washington Monument behind it, and the United States Capitol in the background, 2010
The Andrew Jackson Downing Urn in May 2012
The Washington Monument and various Smithsonian museums on the National Mall as viewed facing west from the United States Capitol
Facing east on the National Mall, as viewed near the 1300 block of Jefferson Drive, S.W. in April 2010. Rows of American elm trees line the sides of a path traversing the length of the Mall.